In the 1990s, after the lead female role in the short-lived My Life and Times, Hunt became well-known to television audiences in Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her performance in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Personal life

Hunt dated actorHank Azaria for five years, then was married to him from 1999 until 2000.[1] She briefly dated fellow actor Kevin Spacey in 2000.[9] She has been in a relationship with Matthew Carnahan since 2001 and they have a daughter, Makena Lei Gordon Carnahan, born in 2004.[1][10]

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Awards

Hunt has been given many awards in her career. In 1998 she became one of only two actresses (the other is Helen Mirren) to win a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year. She is the only actress to win four consecutive Emmys and to win four Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.

Academy Award

1998 Best Actress in As Good as It Gets

Emmy Award

1996 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You

1997 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You

1998 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You

1999 Outstanding Lead Actress in Mad About You

Golden Globe Award

1994 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You

1995 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You

1997 Best Performance by an Actress in Mad About You

1998 Best Performance by an Actress in As Good as It Gets

Screen Actors Guild Award

1995 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Mad About You

1998 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in As Good as It Gets

Television series

Amy Prentiss (1974)

The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)

It Takes Two (1982)

The Fitzpatricks

My Life and Times (1991)

Mad About You (1992)

Empire Falls (2005)

Movies

Pioneer Woman (Made for TV) (1973)

Death Scream (Made for TV) (1975)

All Together Now (Made for TV) (1975)

Having Babies (Made for TV) (1976)

The Spell (Made for TV) (1977)

Rollercoaster (1977)

Transplant (Made for TV) (1979)

Child Bride of Short Creek (Made for TV) (1981)

I Think I'm Having a Baby (Made for TV) (1981)

The Best Little Girl in the World (Made for TV) (1981)

Angel Dusted (Made for TV) (1981)

The Miracle of Kathy Miller (Made for TV) (1981)

Desperate Lives (Made for TV) (1982)

Bill: On His Own (Made for TV) (1983)

Quarterback Princess (Made for TV) (1983)

Choices of the Heart (Made for TV) (1983)

Sweet Revenge (Made for TV) (1984)

Trancers (1985)

Waiting to Act (1985)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)

The Nativity (1986)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Project X (1987)

Shooter (Made for TV) (1988)

Miles from Home (1988)

Stealing Home (1988)

The Frog Prince (1988)

Incident at Dark River (Made for TV) (1989)

Next of Kin (1989)

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (Made for TV) (1991)